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...connection with boating matters, it is only just to state that the criticism, in our last issue, of a certain gentleman's language was based on a comparatively wide-spread misunderstanding of the import of his words. He has pointed out to us the misconstruction placed upon his remarks and the mistake is willingly corrected...
...tickets, they can hope for a calm selection of fitting men for the various offices. Before this it was thought incredible that sectional prejudice should not have stronger influence than personal qualifications in an election of officers for Class Day; but last Monday night both the unanimous selection of certain officers and the good-natured though eager strife over others showed a dominant desire to choose only the best men, irrespective of other considerations. For their willingness to sink all society feeling, and their desire to secure a fair and honorable election, not only the College but all friends...
...perfect harmony of the meeting was, however, slightly marred by one matter, which we dislike to notice, yet cannot pass over in silence. In spite of the efforts of the Committee, certain members of the class apparently resolved to run a partial ticket of their own, and sought, by combinations, to secure its success. If this was so, and there seems to be conclusive evidence that it was, it deserves the severest reprehension. The fact that certain persons attempted, by extensive canvassing, to secure the election of their favorites, might in itself be undeserving of blame; but when the class...
...some other of the Latin classics; must translate a short English passage into Latin prose, answer some questions on grammar, show a fair familiarity with arithmetic, and know something of Euclid or algebra. But if he possess special excellence in any one of these studies he is pretty certain to be admitted, even though he be weak in the rest. Oxford has a great tendency to foster special abilities...
...found a novel subject of complaint, namely, the too close proximity of a certain pigsty to one of the college buildings, and advises the proprietor thereof, if he wishes to continue his stock-raising with security to the stock, to find a more fitting locality for his operations. We believe that the nearness of a pigsty is an absolutely new subject of complaint among the college press, and we hail it as such. The article called "He was from Harvard" is very flat, besides being extremely questionable in point of taste. We hope that the Advocate can survive the severe...